“He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.”
Socrates · attributed
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Happiness Quotes
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119 quotes on happiness and hope — from the classics to the everyday.
“I have fun like a child in the street. When this stops happening, it will be time to leave football.”
Lionel Messi
“Money is not a motivating factor. My motivation comes from playing the game I love.”
Lionel Messi
“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson · Society and Solitude, 1870
“Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they will.”
Pythagoras
“Do not indulge in dreams of what you have not, but count the blessings actually present.”
Marcus Aurelius · Meditations
“Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.”
Marcus Aurelius · Meditations
“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.”
Maya Angelou
“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
Mae West
“The average, healthy, well-adjusted adult gets up at seven-thirty in the morning feeling just plain terrible.”
Jean Kerr · Please Don't Eat the Daisies, 1957
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”
Dr. Seuss · I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!, 1978
“I want people to feel like they're not alone in being a mess.”
Oliver Tree
“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.”
Victor Hugo · Les Misérables, 1862
“Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible!'”
Audrey Hepburn
“I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact.”
Elon Musk · SXSW, 2013
“I'm not trying to be anyone's savior. I'm just trying to think about the future and not be sad.”
Elon Musk · Rolling Stone interview, 2017
“I don't think it's that easy, honestly. I think if somebody doesn't have a compelling problem to work on, they're probably not going to be very happy.”
Elon Musk · Interview, TED Talk, 2022
